Debadutta Dash
Debadutta Dash was a 2015 candidate for the Position 5 seat on the Seattle City Council in Washington. The primary election took place on August 4, 2015.
Biography
Dash's professional experience includes working in the hospitality industry as a sales manager.[1]
Campaign themes
2015
Dash's website highlighted the following campaign themes:
| “ | Based on the various issues we face in District 5, the agenda of my campaign is:
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Elections
2015
The city of Seattle, Washington, held elections for city council on November 3, 2015. A primary took place on August 4, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was May 15, 2015. All nine council seats were up for election.[4][5] In the Position 5 race, Sandy Brown and Debora Juarez advanced past Debadutta Dash, Mercedes Elizalde, Kris Lethin, Hugh Russell, David Toledo and Halei Watkins in the primary election on August 4, 2015. Juarez defeated Brown in the general election.[6]
| Seattle City Council Position 5, General election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Debora Juarez |
64.3% | 15,058 |
| Sandy Brown | 35.1% | 8,224 |
| Write-in votes | 0.54% | 126 |
| Total Votes | 23,408 | |
| Source: King County, Washington, "City of Seattle Council District No. 5", accessed November 3, 2015. | ||
| Seattle City Council Position 5 Primary Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Debora Juarez |
39.3% | 6,635 | |
| Sandy Brown |
19.9% | 3,360 | |
| Halei Watkins | 14.4% | 2,431 | |
| Kris Lethin | 7.7% | 1,307 | |
| Mercedes Elizalde | 5.8% | 985 | |
| Debadutta Dash | 5.7% | 968 | |
| David Toledo | 5.7% | 959 | |
| Hugh Russell | 1.4% | 231 | |
| Write-in | 0.2% | 27 | |
| Total Votes | 14,718 | ||
| Source: King County Elections, "Official primary election results," accessed August 12, 2015 | |||
Endorsements
2015
In 2015, Dash's endorsements included the following:[7]
- Congressman Mike Honda
- Congressman Adam Smith
- Lt. Gov. Brad Owen
- State Rep. Bob Hasegawa
- State Rep. Zack Hudgins
- Former State Rep. Velma Veloria
- Former Mayor Mike Mcginn
- Former Seattle City Councilmember Martha Choe
- WA State Democrats Treasurer Habib M. Habib
- Former Deputy Mayor Darryl Smith
- Mayor Marilyn Strickland
- King County Assessor Lloyd Hara
- Senator Pramila Jayapal
- Consul General Gary Furlong
Personal
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Dash and his wife, Dr. Itu Mohapatra, have one child.[1]
Recent news
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See also
- Seattle, Washington
- Seattle, Washington municipal elections, 2015
- United States municipal elections, 2015
External links
- Official campaign website
- Debadutta Dash on Facebook
- Debadutta Dash on Twitter
- Debadutta Dash on LinkedIn
- City of Seattle - 2015 Candidate List
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 vote4dash.com, "About Dash," accessed July 22, 2015
- ↑ vote4dash.com, "On the Issues," accessed July 22, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ City of Seattle, "Law, Rules and Information for Filers," accessed September 19, 2014
- ↑ City of Seattle, "Seattle City Council Districts," accessed December 31, 2014
- ↑ King County Elections, "Official primary election results," accessed August 12, 2015
- ↑ vote4dash.com, "Endorsements," accessed July 22, 2015
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